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Glastonbury 2017

Once you’ve got everything packed and you’re ready to set out on your journey to Worthy Farm you’ll want to do a little pre-journey planning. Or you could just consider taking the train (all the times are here).

Here are few things you should take note of.

1. When is the busiest time to arrive?

It's passed, and wuthout any problems. We can't foresee any further major issues but the Highways England warning that motorways and major A roads leading to the Glastonbury Festival site are likely to be busy until Friday, June 23 remains in place.

Now its 47th year the festival is one largest music festivals in the world

Increased levels of traffic are also expected on Monday, 26 June as people leave the site at Pilton in Somerset.

2. What is the main road used by those getting to the festival by car?

The primary motorway route for festival traffic to the site is the M5, with southbound drivers exiting at junction 23 to take the A39 and A361, and northbound drivers exiting the M5 at junction 25 and taking the A358, A303 and A37 while the A303-A37 is also used for traffic arriving from London.

3. Will Pilton be affected by the increased traffic?

With Pilton situated five miles outside of Glastonbury, festival traffic has very little impact on the town itself, but drivers are advised that traffic is expected to reach its peak on Wednesday. In previous years the A39 has been heavily congested by mid-morning.

Glastonbury Festival 2017 traffic

4. What about the A39?

Somerset County Council has confirmed that works on the A39 Glastonbury Road have now been cleared away ahead of the festival.

There will be a roadworks embargo in place from Friday.

5. What time do car parks open?

They opened at 9pm on the Tuesday night before Glastonbury 2017.

Traffic at last year's festival was some of the most severe (Image: Getty)

6. How do I find the car park?

According to information on the Glastonbury Festival website there are four main entrances for cars, depending upon where you are coming from.

You are advised to follow the P signs to get to the nearest available parking spaces.

Parking at any time is dependent upon the traffic on the highway so you cannot plan to park in a particular parking field other than parking on the East or West side.

If you have a choice, use the Blue Route (approach from the A303, then the A37), where there is more parking space and less of a queue to get in and out of the site.

More than 200,000 people are expected to arrive at Worthy Farm during the course of the festival (Image: Getty)

7. When is the worst time to leave the festival?

The worst times to leave by car are on Monday between 8am and 5pm when there can be long delays of up to 9 hours to leave the car parks. Beat the queues by leaving between 1am and 7am on Monday morning – if you can get up.